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Barry Dudley
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I have been so busy it has been a while since I have posted here. Here are a couple of photos of a 5 string violin I am making for a customer who asked specifically for Quilted Maple.

Carving a violin scroll from quilted maple is not my favorite thing to do but I got it done.

This is after one coat of varnish.


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Hmm... I dunno, looks like a fiddle to me.:D laughing6-hehe

Is it just the quilting that makes the back look like it's wavy? or is it actually lumpy?

How's it sound?
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Man, that's just beautiful! What nice quilt in that Maple. It does look "lumpy"! :D

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It's not strung up yet...only the 1st coat of varnish.
Yeah, it's real lumpy!!!
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BEAUTIFUL!!!

I love how unique your violins look.
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How about a pic. of the scroll and the front?
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Beautiful Barry
I too would like to see the rest of the instrument

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You guys ----NAG, NAG, NAG! :D Yeah Barry, where are the other pictures?

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I'll try to get some shots tomorrow of the scroll.
Here is the front.
There is a run in the varnish that I have to take care of before the 2nd coat.


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Very nice. I'd be curious to see what a fiddle would sound like with different sized holes or different shaped holes.
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Several makers use non traditional style holes and get good results. Violins have the same issues as guitars when you change body size, f-hole shape and size etc.
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Very nice! I'll be looking forward to anything that you can offer regarding the quilted maple.

My wife has commissioned me to build her a quilted maple cello, so anything would help.

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Barry, that is a knockout!

Douglas, you may want to research the tangential shrinkage rate of (flatsawn) quilted Maple before you build something as wide as a cello. It would be gorgeous, but might be very very finicky in response to changes in RH.

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douglas ingram wrote:
Very nice! I'll be looking forward to anything that you can offer regarding the quilted maple.

My wife has commissioned me to build her a quilted maple cello, so anything would help.

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Barry, that is a knockout!

Douglas, you may want to research the tangential shrinkage rate of (flatsawn) quilted Maple before you build something as wide as a cello. It would be gorgeous, but might be very very finicky in response to changes in RH.

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If You want to see an incredible quilted maple Double Bass check out my friend Arnold Schnitzer at www.aesbass.com
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